Saturday, 27 November 2010

It is with a little sadness we must tell everyone that Jono
is leaving us at the end of November. He has served on the counter at Keelby
since March 2006, and has always been a great friend to us. He has left
college, and is training hard in his weekday job - so he has decided the
time has come to give up his Sunday morning shifts with us. We do wish him all
the very best for the future.

Friday, 26 November 2010

Jayne
and her friend Carmen had a necklace and bracelet stand at the Keelby Primary
School Christmas Fair on Friday 26th November. They had a really great time!
David bought a scarf, got his nose painted red and drank some mulled wine

Saturday, 13 November 2010

Leaflets are coming round Keelby, Limber, Grasby and
Kirmington during the week, telling everyone about our super fresh, free-range
Turkeys, and other special festive treats. Watch out for them coming through
your letter-box!

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Jayne and David had been given a Christmas tree to stand
above the shop door at Great Limber. The tree was free, so long as they
collected it. With lots of help from our friend Rob, David hauled the tree up
onto the little flat roof above the shop door, and left if laying on its side.

Next day David thought it would be fairly easy to set
it upright on his own. What a mistake to make!

This must be the biggest tree we have ever had, and actually
lifting it from horizontal was quite a feat. In the end, David tied string
round the trunk near the top of the tree, then lashed the base to the bracket
supporting the centre of the shop sign. By standing on the stub end of the
trunk and hauling on the top string at the same time, he managed to yank the
tree up. All was going well until the top of the tree got tangled in the
telephone wires, then the whole thing came to a shuddering halt.

Hanging on for grim death, David shouted for Jayne to come
and help, but she was blissfully unaware of what was going on!

David found that each time he jolted the tree, it moved a
little further up the telephone wire, so after an awfully long time the tree
sprang free of the cable. The next job was to lash the tree to the shop's sign,
and attach a couple of guy ropes 2/3 of the way up the trunk.

At this point the screws that held the bracket supporting
the sign and the tree pulled out of the wall. A very awkward moment! Fortunately,
the tree was balanced vertically, so David was able to abandon it, jump back
through the upstairs bathroom window, and rummage for new screws downstairs in
the shed.

David is not good at DIY, and had managed to burn out his
electric drill making holes in the kitchen floor a few months earlier, so he
had to prise the old plugs out and stick new ones in the existing holes, then
insert new screws and hope for the best.

So far everything is holding. But severe gales are forecast
for the rest of the week. Watch this space, folks!

Sunday, 7 November 2010

We've got bunting and posters up at the Keelby shop, and
we're all wearing special tee-shirts, to tell everyone about the special
Millionaire's Raffle Ticket draw Camelot will make on Friday 12th November. On
that night, in addition to the normal huge Euro millions jackpot and other
prizes, Camelot guarantee that 10 UK tickets will be chosen, each winning
£1million. So do get your tickets early!